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But I know his name, he’s called Mr. D, And one of these days, he’s going to set you free ‘ I don’t know if D. Miner of The Black […]

3.7 million followers on Twitter, 200 conquests and I still could give a flying leap about John Meyer. Millions of fans are weeping though as Meyer announces he will no

So hey its not often my town gets the opening night of a tour so I’m rather stoked to get a line up like this nice and well rested.  Well

1. Pinky Blue – Altered Images – I was talking to John Mcelhone , who co-wrote this bands songs back in the 80s (I’ll you why in another post) and

We haven’t picked on Spin in awhile, mainly because they are so dreadful it is kinda like insulting a Bono: their uselessness is a given. But this is the definition

Lady Gaga announced the name of her sophomore effort will be: “Born this Way”. This does not constitute a post by anybodies standards even my some what loose standards. But

Gee, our little girl Taylor looks all grown up. Except for the voice of course which is just dreadful. I am not gonna say she jumps the shark here but

I would let this one drop, I really would, but Mani’s comments at the end are kinda interesting. 1. As reported here, Freebassing, the Peter Hook, Mani, Andy Rourke super

1. It was 1030p and he hadn’t gone on. Figure an and a half set, maybe two with encores, that’d leave me home twoish… I have work today, I couldn’t

Helen Sez June 2008, Roxanne Davis filed a lawsuit against Johnny Lydon – after he allegedly called her a “cunt” and punched her in the face for providing an inferior

Before the Internet you learned of shows at your local venues by flyer’s. Your faves would post them everywhere as advertising for their gigs. Disposable and beaten you’d be lucky

The Crazy Horse is a huge nightclub in west Covina, and, being used to the small size of LA clubs, I was not expecting this half sport bar, half disco

Its no wonder to me why girls ‘back in the day’ basically would listen to songs and scream. Not scream lyrics as they do today (much to my nausea) but

“Rocket To Russia” by The Ramones is an insanely repetitious yet very catchy album. Best known for being repetitive, The Ramones were still fantastic and are considered one of the

1. Queen Jane Aproximately – Bob Dylan And The Dead – I don’t hate this version the way I did because I don’t hate the Dead the way I did.

On the Bowery yesterday, I am  interviewing Karen of Ramona and the conversation wanders and we get on to Blondie, Karen’s fave is the first album, mine the second. She

With Fred Mascherino of Taking Back Sunday starting the band Terrible Things, I was disgusted upon listening to them. It sounds like Chiodos and Taking Back Sunday put together. Two

There was a Saint Motel secret show at the bootleg theater on Saturday night, although it was not that secret because they had announced it on twitter the whole day

Interpol – Interpol – Yuck. I hope Interpol don’t take this to heart but what a mouldy, boring piece of crap. Everything Under the Sun – Jukebox the Ghost -Jesus, will

1. Coma Summer – Weekend – The buzzsaw guitar is right offa JAMC but the melody belongs to these San Fran natives and it is amazing how powerful it is.

San Francisco’s Weekend are a noise annoys melodic whomper happy to fuck about with sonic smackarounds but never forgetting to write a, what’s that word, song. Together since 2007 Weekends

A pretty cool boy once asked me if I’d ever have any romantic interest in Mick Jagger. Eeww no, not even the young Jag. The Rolling Stones just never really

So who’s making the bucks on the road? Here’s your top 20 tours at this minute based on artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average

We sit down with Columbia Recording Artists Ramona and discuss, pop, rock, new wave, new romantics and the sexual habits of their guitarist. Soon.

Rod Stewart’s Missus says she had big problems conceiving the Mod Masters latest edition to his brood. It’s a wonder the gorgeous Penny will let Rod on top of her

Dance in 2010 is in the same position rock was in 1956. The computerization of sound has made a two piece dance band like the very wonderful Afrobeta as big

Happy Birthday Barry White. Your voice was nothing more than sex. A huge pillow of satin sheet covered bass. Errr… right awwwwn. Barry was borderline comedic. Those smarmy pick up

Alyson Camus writes: There was a lot of controversy around Iman’s last post about M.I.A.’s refusal to do a free concert because her mother cannot get a US visa. Right

Rumours had him touring with Chris Brown, but were proven inaccurate. I sorta wish he was touring with Pitbull.. but hes not Welcome to the road Usher, and maybe I’m

How I love every sound that comes out of The Decemberists’ Colin Meloys mouth. The innocence the decadence that time travel sounds that slaps you somewhere between Waltons Mountain and

Labor day brings us from the glorious Summer, to the brisk, yet hard working Fall. To help alleviate the stress of no more summer, DJ KOTU ( King of the

1. Julie – Bobby Fuller Marshall Crensshaw once completely nailed a cover of this terrific love song… and Fuller’s was still better. A highlight of the early 60s from a

On Friday night, 18 major television networks including ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX were simultaneously broadcasting the Stand Up to Cancer telethon, during which hundreds of actors, musicians, were trying

Feeling a bit open minded and in search for anything something anything that is different I tip toe through the interwebs and fell into a Middle Class Rut. No that’s

In a new column, whish I was thinking of calling “wasting readers valuable time” -rock nycers review movies solely based upon the music. Piranha 3d – The teen star has

As the days tick by to what would’ve been John Lennon’s 70th birthday, Lennon memorabilia is going through the roof. According to contacmusic.com: “The day before his death, Lennon had

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MoogFest 2010, a three-day festival that starts on October 29 in Asheville, North Carolina. Devo will perform as part of the festival lineup, which also includes MGMT, Massive Attack, Big

Surfer Blood have signed to Warner Bros. (a major label if you’re paying attention) according to the self righteous and smug promoters at pitchkork. And i mention it because… I

We’re rock  and we love New York and we remember those we lost today while we keep on rockin… So whats better than a New York playlist? 53rd and 3rd-

Beak> can really unleash a restless beat, some dark and powerful beast using some haunting monochord faded vocals which can put you in a Joy-Division-kind-of mood, and an ascending effect

In 1976 David Bowie and Brian Eno retreated from London and the first inklings of a musical revolution to West Berlin and a whirlwind of cocaine induced paranoia, transvestite nightclubs,

Three classic songs. Three covers. Two young writers. One review. The Magpie sez: “Mrs Robinson” by Simon and Garfunkel is one of the greatest songs ever. It’s a tie between

Obviously Cee Lo Green is not a new artist. In fact, he has seen lots of success being a part of groups Goodie Mobb and Gnarls Barkley (the latter of

I noticed that a band that’s been getting heavy rotation on my playlist recently, Montreal’s Malajube, hasn’t been written about on rock nyc, so I thought I’d spread some love

I loveThe Suicide Girls. For those of you not familiar these are alternative rocker girls who pose nude. Not hardcore porn but unique photos of less than airbrushed girls. its

Kid Rock’s new song “Born Free” is great. It has the classic rock/country/acoustic that only Kid Rock does best. This song is off Kid’s new album produced by Rick Rubin

LightsGoBlue is quite the dynamic duo. “Ex-Atlantic” is catchy, and you can really depict the accent of the singer’s voice. Lately I’ve been really into electronic-driven bands and songs, and

Be glad you can only read me. Cuz if you knew me and it was 6 am you could well get a phone call or text or email saying something

Mary writes: The lead singer for the group LFO, Rich Cronin, passed away on Wednesday. He’d had a long struggle with leukemia(since 2005) and actually established the Rich Cronin Hope